In Augusto Roa Bastos' Yo, el supremo, this histor
In Augusto Roa Bastos' Yo, el supremo, this historical figure makes a brief appearance when he is asked to save Tiku Alarcon, who had mistakenly entered the Tevego colony. In real life, this man promoted free trade through the Reglamento Provisioso and his army included a large contigent of Guarani Indians led by Andres Guacari. This man came to prominence as the leader of a unit known as the Blandengues, and he won a major victory at Las Piedras only to be expelled from his country by a Portuguese force following his defeat at Tacuarembo, marking the end of a period known as the Patria Vieja. This man's former officer, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, would eventually achieve the cause championed by this man when Lavalleja led the Thirty-Three Immortals in the liberation of a nation whose first president was Jose Fructuoso Rivera. For ten points, identify this patriot whose efforts to obtain independence for the Banda Oriental led to him being known as the father of an independent Uruguay.
In Augusto Roa Bastos' Yo, el supremo, this historical figure makes a brief appearance when he is asked to save Tiku Alarcon, who had mistakenly entered the Tevego colony.
Jose {Gervasio Artigas}